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Nice wee hostel out of the 'city' next to a small beach. I like the sofa area downstairs its chill and they have a pool table wooo. Staff were all friendly and they have free breakfast tea and toast :)

Our second night in the Christchurch, we arrived at Point Break to a warm and friendly welcome from the girl behind the reception.
The cafe downstairs looked cool and clean, and the food sounded inviting (though we didn't get round to trying any). The location is close to the beach, though New Brighton seemed a bit dead at the time....
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Well run hostel, Great location three mins walk to beach.Very friendly staff. Always pleasant and helpful.Had a twin room and slept well. Well equipped kitchen got very busy at times we picked out time so that it wasn't too busy. Free use of computer and internet which was good 'cause we didn't have our own devise. Free use of phone...
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I'm staying in a two person shared room because the rest of Christchurch is booked out for some cricket thing. I put my estimated time of arrival as 9pm. I got there not long after 9:30, the guy gave me a smiling hard time about being late. The bus took longer to get there than I thought. I was exhausted....
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Hi,
Thank you for taking the time to write a review.
I apologise that the receptionist was talkative upon your arrival. We do like to offer the option of buying the wifi from reception before we close as online it is much more expensive and he would have thought it would be helpful for you.
Sorry you had to sleep...
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Ive stayed in a wide variety of backpackers around the world and NEVER go with luxury but this place was very unimpressive. Put it this way, i had booked 2 nights and after being there only 4hours i decided to book somewhere else. I didnt even bother to get my money back. Ive never walked into a hostel room and...
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Hi,
I am sorry you did not enjoy your short time here and you decided not to stay with us. We do clean our rooms every day and put fresh sheets on all beds in the dorms when guests check out so there are always fresh sheets for the guests that are checking in. Sometimes if we have a guest...
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When I arrived I wasn't quite sure what to expect.
The helpful staff and the friendly people made my stay for a night pleasurable.
Handy to the bus stops, the beach and New Brighton central as well as 20 mins from Christchurch Central.
Maybe it was the sea air that made everything peaceful. I defiantly will stay again

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Hi,
Thank you for taking the time to write a review! We are glad you enjoyed your stay with us!
Hope to see you again in the future.
Sfae Travels
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Not really clean, especially the kitchen who is dirty. Wifi quite expensive, please stop it.... in 21 century a wifi have to be free.
Otherwise the breackfast is OK
The rooms are a bit small but OK
The biggest problem is that it far from the city...

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Hi,
We are sorry you did not find the kitchen in a clean state. We do our best to keep it tidy however it is hard to achieve this all the time unless the guests are participating by cleaning and putting away the dishes they use. It is cleaned daily along with general tidy up during the by staff when...
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I staying two days at Point Break Backpackers. perfect located just 2 min walk from pedestrian street of new brighton with lot of shops, bars and restaurants. You are from 4 minutes to the beach and the pier. Staff is very nice, rooms are clean and there is a little cafe bar very pleasant. I recommend this adress for everybody...
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Hi,
Thank you for taking the time to write a review. We are glad you enjoyed your stay with us! Hope to see you again if you are ever in Christchurch!
Safe Travels!
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We really enjoyed our night here. It is really close to the beach and by bus 20 mins to the central station and the bus is only 3.50. They have a cafe in the hostel which we thought was for a backpackers rather expensive especially the food. But for new Zealand probably standard prices. We had a twin room so...
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Hi,
Thank you for your response! We are glad you enjoyed your stay at our hostel! We do try to keep our cafe prices as affordable as possible, and we give all guests 10% off all the food and cooked menu too!
We are constantly looking to improve our hostel and all comments help us to do this! Hopefully we...
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I had a good time here , Su was helpful. The rooms could use a revamp but you can't expect too much from a backpackers. The location is good close yo the beach and on a good day it's a great place to be.

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pointbreakbp, Manager at Point Break Backpackers, responded to this review

Hi,
Thanks for your response! We are glad you enjoyed your stay with us and that you liked location! We are slowly managing to give all our rooms a revamp! It seems to be a long process!
Safe Travels,
Point Break Crew
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